A West Midlands Ambulance Service paramedic has alleged an assault on a Birmingham street in a row about where an ambulance was parked.

The incident in Birmingham related to parallel parking, according to a paramedic on Twitter.

She was first responder to a 999 emergency in Sparkhill to tend to a woman with chest pain when he was attacked.

However, after braving the snow and freezing conditions yesterday, the unnamed paramedic was injured and his crewmate, Tasha Starkey, said she was threatened and verbally abused.

A 49-year-old man was arrested nearby on suspicion of assault and a public order offence and remains in police custody, the BBC reported .

Tasha, of West Midlands Ambulance Service tweeted about the ordeal.

She wrote: "We haven’t had a good morning unfortunately myself and my crewmate were threatened, verbally abused... my crewmate was assaulted."

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She added that they were attacked because of where their ambulance was parked, parallel to the alleged attacker's car, not blocking it.

West Midlands Ambulance Service tweeted that its staff were battling through "treacherous" conditions in order to get to work to continue helping those in need, according to The Mirror .

It came as the head of NHS England praised the "extraordinary measures" staff were going to to ensure patients are still treated despite the treacherous weather conditions.

NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens described how health workers have walked miles in snow, dug vehicles out of drifts and slept in hospitals as the country is gripped by the big freeze.

He singled out a London-based paramedic who attended emergency calls by cycling to them, and hospital staff in Sunderland for special praise, and also thanked the Army for stepping in to help with transport.